I've installed #neovim with a clean config file. So far the only thing I've wanted to add back is UK English spelling for markdown files, and recognising .md as markdown.
I will need to look into adding references before I can write papers with it.
I currently export from Zotero to Biblatex with https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-better-bibtex and insert #pandoc citations with https://github.com/twsh/unite-bibtex
Maybe I can streamline that a bit?
With some help from @ipt I've set up https://github.com/Shougo/deoplete.nvim and https://github.com/vim-pandoc/vim-pandoc
This looks like a nice set up for writing: #pandoc cite keys complete from the bibliography I export from #zotero.
I brought back https://github.com/davidoc/taskpaper.vim too because I have a few #taskpaper files.
@twsh pandoc can be used to make slides too. With templates, you can use the same file to produce the slides and a nice handout.
No wonder it's so useful for philosophers: the creator of Pandoc is a philosopher (John McFarlane), and I started working on vim-pandoc while I procrastinated instead of writing my (first) Master's thesis).
@ipt Yes, it's a great tool. I've made a few contributions to the templates over the last year or so.
@ipt https://github.com/vim-pandoc/vim-markdownfootnotes looks good too.
Now I can write text, insert footnotes and citations, and turn it into a PDF. That's probably all a philosopher ought to want.